r/Firefighting • u/TigerBack56 • 7d ago

General Discussion Whats your departments dumbest/strangest policy?

So i come from a military background and I know how stupid some policies can be. Our department has a few i can think of but I wanted to here from the community, what is your departments dumbest/strangest legitimate policy?

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u/Jumpy_Secretary_1517 7d ago

For sure, I’m not sure any policy would stop people from warming up, starting a lift, coming back, then tearing something because they’re not warm anymore. That’s just nature of the job in combination of getting older and overestimating their capabilities. Simply put, my department is largely so busy that interrupted workouts are just the norm and it is hard to get a real workout in sometimes and guys just fuck up, leading to injury. Even jumping back into a light weight bench or squat after running calls has fucked guys up. I’m all for policy that could fix this, though.

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u/PerrinAyybara All Hazards Capt Obvious 6d ago

That's not just the "nature" of things. You can most definitely lower that number, it's astronomical

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u/Jumpy_Secretary_1517 6d ago

What number was said that’s astronomical?

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u/PerrinAyybara All Hazards Capt Obvious 6d ago

The original person said 40-50%